Governor Going To Call William Directly And Ask Him, Man To Man, What The Hell His Wife Mary Has Been Up To In The Admissions Department

AUGUSTA — When Gov. Paul LePage made an unscripted — and apparently incorrect — claim last week about the admissions policy at the College of William & Mary, the governor was drawing upon what a college employee had told him at least seven years ago. That’s according to LePage spokeswoman Adrienne Bennett, who said this week that “someone at the school” told LePage about the requirement for placement or achievement testing sometime in 2005-06. During a press conference July 25, LePage said a recent Harvard study showed Maine students were barely making progress in achievement. He decried the state of Maine’s public schools, said the state’s reputation is suffering nationwide, and as an example he used the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va. “If you go to William & Mary, apply to William & Mary, before they’ll look at your application, if you’re from a Maine school, you have to take a placement exam to see if you qualify,” LePage said at the press conference. A spokeswoman for William & Mary, however, said later that day that the college did not set different requirements for Maine students. (read more at KennebecJournal)

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